According to sales figures from Media Create, the Nintendo DS endured strong sales during Japan’s holiday week thanks to sell-out numbers from both Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing DS) and Mario Kart DS. The system sold 597,628 units over the one week span ending on Christmas Day.
The software and hardware sales from December 19 – 25 in Japan are outlined below:
Software Sales (This Week – Total)
1 PS2 Kingdom Hearts II Square Enix 727,591 – new
2 DS Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori Nintendo 416,132 – 1,177,108
3 DS Mario Kart DS Nintendo 302,742 – 667,799
4 PS2 Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3 Bandai 216,966 – new
5 DS Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Ao no Kyuujotai Pokemon 157,786 – 511,704
6 GBA Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Aka no Kyuujotai Pokemon 156,430 – 512,054 7 DS Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisetchi Bandai 156,181 – 721,104
8 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Konami 103,894 – new
9 GC Mario Party 7 Nintendo 100,130 – 319,650
10 DS Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training Nintendo 93,240 – 1,004,681
Hardware Sales (platform – this week – last week – 2005 total – 02 – 05 LTD)
1 Nintendo DS 597,628 – 408,770 – 3,761,175 – 5,256,771
2 PSP 161,332 – 95,689 – 2,089,869 – 2,572,221
3 PlayStation 2 97,475 – 55,342 – 1,890,200 – 11,295,406
4 GameCube 36,646 – 17,849 – 260,601 – 3,143,741
5 GameBoy Advance SP 35,764 – 19,098 – 680,264 – 5,675,317
6 Game Boy micro 19,261 – 14,432 – 403,854 – 403,854
7 Xbox360 5,674 – 8,623 – 58,267 – 58,267
8 Gameboy Advance 906 – 416 – 24,733 – 4,553,111
9 Xbox 141 – 182 – 11,895 – 472,330
Evident from these sales numbers are also the latest numbers from the Xbox360, which is suffering lackluster sales numbers despite its launch just a few weeks ago. With the Nintendo DS dominating the charts, and its sales numbers even higher than the rest of the consoles combined, the system’s software sales accounted for 50% (5 of 10) of the week’s top ten titles. The mark also attributes to Animal Crossing DS‘ mark of over one million units.
Check back next week for final analysis on Japan’s final sales weeks in 2005. GOOD
